Software Exploited by Pirates Goes to Work for Hollywood
Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent. — On Monday, the company, whose technology unleashed a wave of illegal file-shari...
MyBlogLog Snafu, Identity and Resurrection
MyBlogLog, Flickr's sister company at Yahoo, has gotten dinged for banning a community member who exploited a security hole, and then posted instructions of how to use the exploit to impersonate other...
Silicon Valley has become Media Valley - some one should tell NYC
Silicon Valley is rapidly turning into Media Valley—and New York, NY should look out—the capital of the media world is shifting about 3,000 miles westwards. — Some of Silicon Valley's largest compan...
The Old Boys Club is for Losers
A few months ago, I spent a lot of time trying to show the tech community I belong to that diversity is essential to our survival. Not just to the Web 2.0 world being healthy and thriving, but as a m...
Hi-tech entrepreneurs mull build or sell
PALO ALTO, Calif. - As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley whiz kid to strike it rich. — But the 22-year-old fo...
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
VMware, a young Silicon Valley company, is the early leader in a fast-growing market for what is called virtual-machine software. And that puts it on a collision course with Microsoft, the industry's...
Apple TV: Why It Matters
The real battle for the digital living room is about to begin. — At CES in early 2005, I hosted a Super Session panel entitled "The Battle for Control of the Digital Living Room" in which executives...
A visit to Apple
When you start work at Google, you get to choose whether you want a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer. For many new employees who have never used a Mac (or who haven't used one for a long time), this c...
Nintendo's Wii a hit with the geriatric set?
No, we don't expect the vast majority of elderly folks kickin' it in a retirement home to honestly show any interest in video games (right?), but apparently, the Wii's at least making some minor strid...
Holy Cow!
You may have seen a previous version about corporations from different countries and what they would do with 2 cows. — Here's a technology vendor twist. — ACCENTURE — You have 2 cows. And thous...
Computing award goes to female for first time
One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history. — Frances E. Allen, 74, was honored for her w...
Radio Ads Enhance Internet Ads
The Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab has released a study on the effectiveness of Internet ads. "Are they confused?" you ask yourself. No, no: it's the effectiveness of Internet and radio ads. Specifical...
Second Life Sketches: Please stop doing that to the cat
The following is an independent opinion column, and is not connected with Reuters News. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by Reuters. — It's not o...
The Essentials of Web 2.0 Your Event Doesn't Cover
Do you want to learn about the future of web applications? If so, when choosing an event, you might want to make sure it's one that cares about including speakers based on merit, instead of based on ...
Company Claims To Have Patented The Concept Of An MP3 Player; Sues Everyone
from the aren't-patents-great? dept — A "company" which just so happens to be located in every patent troll's favorite city for patent lawsuits, Marshall, Texas (and which "shares" an office with i...
Study: Consumers not willing to pay $500 for iPhone
San Francisco (IDGNS) - Consumers aren't willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone, but if the price drops they'll switch their mobile service to AT&T in order to get it, according to results o...
Cleaning up the mess over at MyBlogLog
Much has been written about the "Shoemoney Affair," in which the blogger known as Shoemoney wrote about a MyBlogLog hack that allowed unscrupulous types to spoof their identities, and was subsequently...